Ugly Dougly wrote:Damnit, Bill, et alias, why you need a wall-to-wall carpet in the bathroom? It gets wet in there.

In many parts of Asia, the entire room is treated as a shower stall, with tiles and a central drain. Splish-splash, bathtime fun.

we had a hotel room in Rome with an "open" shower with a bidet. The room was as you describe with tile all around and draining to the center of the floor. The bidet even had its own shower head attached to a hose.

The toilet and bidet did not drain to the floor drain,,,, DAMMIT BILL! just so ya know

Ugly Dougly wrote:Damnit, Bill, et alias, why you need a wall-to-wall carpet in the bathroom? It gets wet in there.

In many parts of Asia, the entire room is treated as a shower stall, with tiles and a central drain. Splish-splash, bathtime fun.

we had a hotel room in Rome with an "open" shower with a bidet. The room was as you describe with tile all around and draining to the center of the floor. The bidet even had its own shower head attached to a hose.

The toilet and bidet did not drain to the floor drain,,,, DAMMIT BILL! just so ya know

DAMMIT BILL! They do things right in Japan, our house had the tiled shower/soaking tub room, and the toilet was in a separate room over by the bedroom. Made perfect sense. There was a small sink in the tub room, and the toilet was made to run cold clean water into a basin on top for handwashing.

I've got a minor gripe to air that's been gurgling about in my belly since yesterday. Best it come out here - while it's still uptop - than for it to stick around in my craw and turn to stink.

I got a letter yesterday from the municipality letting me know that my garbage can isn't up to code!

It had been rumoured for the last 2 years that we'd need to upgrade at some point to one of those square wheely jobs... and so we bought one about a year and a half ago. Made sense anyway, to have a big, wheeled one, since the driveway is long and they only come once every two weeks except in the high-summer when they switch to weekly.

But I chose the smallest of the square models.
In blue, so I can tell it from the others all stacked side-by-side at the top of our private road.

And I proudly wheeled my blue small model out there every two weeks -- never more than half full (while my neighbours' larger black and grey models all overflowed).

And now they're telling me that it is TOO small. And must be grey or black, to look like everyone else's.

Fuck, Bill. The machine picks it up fine. I've seen the claws manoeuver it without the slightest hesitation for over a year now. More than that, the sanitation technicians have always smiled at me like everything's just hunky dorey everytime we cross paths. By all accounts they LIKE my smaller blue garbage can.

I've got a minor gripe to air that's been gurgling about in my belly since yesterday. Best it come out here - while it's still uptop - than for it to stick around in my craw and turn to stink.

I got a letter yesterday from the municipality letting me know that my garbage can isn't up to code!

It had been rumoured for the last 2 years that we'd need to upgrade at some point to one of those square wheely jobs... and so we bought one about a year and a half ago. Made sense anyway, to have a big, wheeled one, since the driveway is long and they only come once every two weeks except in the high-summer when they switch to weekly.

A $1 WalMart can of spray paint

But I chose the smallest of the square models. In blue, so I can tell it from the others all stacked side-by-side at the top of our private road.

And I proudly wheeled my blue small model out there every two weeks -- never more than half full (while my neighbours' larger black and grey models all overflowed).

And now they're telling me that it is TOO small. And must be grey or black, to look like everyone else's.

Fuck, Bill. The machine picks it up fine. I've seen the claws manoeuver it without the slightest hesitation for over a year now. More than that, the sanitation technicians have always smiled at me like everything's just hunky dorey everytime we cross paths. By all accounts they LIKE my smaller blue garbage can.

I've got a minor gripe to air that's been gurgling about in my belly since yesterday. Best it come out here - while it's still uptop - than for it to stick around in my craw and turn to stink.

I got a letter yesterday from the municipality letting me know that my garbage can isn't up to code!

It had been rumoured for the last 2 years that we'd need to upgrade at some point to one of those square wheely jobs... and so we bought one about a year and a half ago. Made sense anyway, to have a big, wheeled one, since the driveway is long and they only come once every two weeks except in the high-summer when they switch to weekly.

But I chose the smallest of the square models.In blue, so I can tell it from the others all stacked side-by-side at the top of our private road.

And I proudly wheeled my blue small model out there every two weeks -- never more than half full (while my neighbours' larger black and grey models all overflowed).

And now they're telling me that it is TOO small. And must be grey or black, to look like everyone else's.

Fuck, Bill. The machine picks it up fine. I've seen the claws manoeuver it without the slightest hesitation for over a year now. More than that, the sanitation technicians have always smiled at me like everything's just hunky dorey everytime we cross paths. By all accounts they LIKE my smaller blue garbage can.

I'd considered going down to our little town hall on monday to enquire about it......

....but unfortunately there was a HUGE tax hike sent out in the same mailing as this little issue.... and I know and respect the people at the front desk of the office enough to realize that this might not be the best time to show up with my beef as they're going to be haggard and weary from abuse from many other directions than mine.

so I'll wait a bit.... Damning Bill under my breath instad of in their ears at the moment

(edited to include a Damned Bill)

Worry is a misuse of imagination“She hadblue skin, And so didhe. He kept it hid And so did she.They searched for blueTheir whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.” Shel Silverstein

In this little corner of California ("Heart of the Green Valley"), they own the garbage cans. And the recycling ones (baby blue with a dam in the middle--one side for bottles and cans the other for paper.) And the composting cans. One composting can near my mom's house has a huge hole in the side, and as far as I can tell, no one's called to have it replaced.

Dammit Bill! I just told a totally pointless story!

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

DAMMIT BILL! Have had this cold for over a week now. feel o.k. sound worse, and nose is a night terror. I watched a documentary on the dead sea scrolls with closed captioning at 2am, dammit, need new glasses, more kleenex.

Dammit BILL! you let me post under the influence again!
Dammit Bill! why did you get me confused and unable to find the quote i was looking for? you no the one about smoking being the most difficult habit to break with heroin being second.
Dammit Bill as the only one of my relatives i like i thought you would at least try and look after me, these people are going to think i am some kind of idiot, not the viking god i pretend to be - and i'm not going to be able to take my longsword to show them i actually i am a mighty warrior.

Dammit BILL

FREE THE SHERPASBurners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.CATCH AND RELEASE.

Dammit bill, I didn't knotice that one Dammit bill does this mean i have to be a celt again, I am fed up of the weird patterns i get from fighting skyclad! (besides blue so isnt my colour and i burn very easily and my (edited because i'm not drunk so i'm not sharing THAT)

FREE THE SHERPASBurners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.CATCH AND RELEASE.